Bessie-isms:

*Shake hands proudly, displaying polite strength, honesty and pleasure to be greeting a fellow human. The limp wristed handshake is a display of weakness, of insincerity and weasel-ness.

*Women enjoy being complimented, even if they know it’s a lie. But they also doubt the sincerity of ones they believe to be true, especially coming from a man, as they know he likely has ulterior motives for saying it.

Quotable:

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

Joseph Conrad